Pictures and Words, a Blog: August 2024

Monday, August 26, 2024

Just Good Food: Beef

"Beef. Real food for real people"

"Beef. Real food for real people" was an American advertising slogan and campaign aimed at promoting the consumption of beef in the early 1990s. James Garner was one of the best known spokespeople. But, in those days, and for many years afterwards, I needed very little inspiration to eat it on a regular basis.

"Beef. It's What's for Dinner"

"Beef. It's What's for Dinner" may be a better known campaign. Wikipedia says that it is recognized by more than 88 percent of Americans. But, from reviewing my photos I can see that I had it just about as often for lunch.

It also seems that, after peaking in 2014, I eat it less and less as time moves on. This is primarily for reasons of health; I certainly have not lost my taste for it.

All writing and images ©Cliff Hutson unless expressly noted. Do not use without permission.

Monday, August 19, 2024

Just Good Food: Salads

Not just for rabbits:

Some people think of salads as "rabbit food". But, I value them them as an accompaniment to almost any entree. During the heat of summer one cam be an entire meal in itself.

So, herein is a carefully curated selection of salads in chronological order beginning with 2005 through the past week.

I am interested in any thoughts that you might have about "just good food".

All writing and images ©Cliff Hutson unless expressly noted. Do not use without permission.

Monday, August 12, 2024

Just Good Food: Sandwiches

Intersections

I seldom go a day without eating, taking a photograph, or posting my PaD. It should not be a surprise that there may be an intersection, or overlap, of these activities; nor that this may seep into my blogging. So, it looks like that I will probably devote much of this month to what I am calling good food; starting with sandwiches.

When it comes to a sandwich I am pretty much a structure purist: A sandwich must consistent of two pieces of bread/baked product, with fillings in between. Thus a wrap or a burrito is not a sandwich. An exception may be made for a sub or hoagie (not necessarily two separate pieces), but not for a hotdog. My definition would allow for a hamburger to be a sandwich, but I think that it needs to be called something different so as not to be confused with a ham sandwich.